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Welcome to another episode of Coffees for Closers. Today we're sitting with a very special guest, former super bowl champion, the founder, CEO of Game Changer, Mr. Satima Galley. Welcome to another episode of Coffees.
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Big Joe, good to be here with you. Thank you for having me today.
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Thank you, thank you. I know you get this a lot. You know, you're almost the Rock's twin.
B
That is a compliment. And I'm grateful for his success because it makes it easy to break the ice with people.
A
Yeah, it definitely does.
B
Yeah.
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So, team I like to start the show off. What's your morning routine?
B
Morning routine, it consists of as soon as my feet hit the ground, hit the ground, Gratitude. I got something I call Conscious of Creation. It's a visualization exercise in the mirror while I brush my teeth and groom up. And then I do something called the Daily Focus, where I gratitude targets for the day. Electrolytes, protein food. And I'm off to the gym. So it's pretty dialed in. I mean, it's clock where it's easy for me. Yeah, I don't know how much. I mean, that's it in a nutshell. But that's the morning routine, man.
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Now give the audience a 10,000 foot overview of what is it that Game Changers does.
B
So Game Changer, you know, in 1995, I was a missionary from a church, 19 years old. And my mission president, the leader of our mission, gave me a book called Seven Habits by Stephen Covey. So he's like, I think you should read this. So I opened the book and start reading it, like, rocked my world. He talks about a paradigm shift. As I'm reading the book, this thing in my heart said, you are supposed to do what Covey has done for you. You're supposed to do that for others. So back then there was no programs and there's no courses like there are today. But in my mind, I'd see Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Darren Hardy, like these big speakers. And I'm like, I'm supposed to do that. I'm supposed to change lives and inspire and breathe life into people, move their heart and soul. And so Game Changer is the legend. Big Joe, good to be here with you. Thank you for having me today of coaching, mentoring, leadership results for clients. And in a nutshell, I would say if you feel called to do something significant in the domain of changing lives, of sharing your talents and gifts with the world to make the world a better place, Game Changer is for you. That's what we do. We help you become the person who breaks generational curses, who shifts the trajectory and changes the entire future. Of course, makes your ancestors proud who are watching from wherever they're at, like, he's doing it or she's doing it.
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I love that. Now you do that in one speaking session, a series of courses. You know, how long does it take for that transformation to occur?
B
You know, we have, we have two day seminars, three day seminars. I wrote a book called Game Changer. We're just releasing that right now. People can get their free book, they just pay for the shipping. I have a podcast called Game Changer and there's a number of ways, just depending on where someone feels comfortable investing right. Time, energy and money. But I love just, even if I can speak one time and have someone feel and see and hear. Right. Experience a shift, then I've done my job. Now if I get an opportunity to work with people longer term, like I've had clients stay with me for four or five years, then that's what we do. But curriculum, from a keynote speech to a podcast such as this, I'm grateful, Joe, all the way to spending four days with me and, or one or two, three, four, five years.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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Do you do them in Vegas? You do them local here?
B
Yeah, we do them in Vegas. We, we used to run everything out of here. Right in Southern California. Right. Cliffs, Laguna, that was our spot for a long time over down in Dana Point. And then I was in Destin, Florida and now I'm in Vegas. So we run everything out of Vegas now.
A
Nice, nice. Now what was it like, you know, growing up?
B
You're.
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Are you from a football family? Like the Rock? Like a bunch of.
B
Well, I'm from a. Just a family of musicians and entertainers and dancers and I'm the only one that played football. And so again, coming up with the family of nine kids. Grateful for my parents who came from the islands of Samoa. So grateful for them. We just kind of figured out everyone has their own path. And I early on wanted to play football. I loved it. I was like, I'm pretty good at this game and I think I'm going to take it to the next level.
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So nine, eight siblings.
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Yeah.
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Wow. And some, some Owens are all pretty. Pretty.
B
I'm not the biggest dude in my family, I'll put it that way. Really? Yeah. I'm the most handsome. I'm kidding, not kidding. But I'm not the biggest one in my family, but all my brothers are all size 15 shoe. Six, four, six, five, six four, six, three six. Four big boys. £300, give or take.
A
Well, and your parents are big like that?
B
My parents are tiny, man. My dad is probably, like, I don't know, five seven. My mom is maybe five seven. They're not tall.
A
Really?
B
Yeah.
A
That's crazy. Now, how did. How do you think your roots shaped you to become who you are today?
B
That's a great question, Joe. You know, Polynesian people, we are like warriors, and we sail the seas, and we're guided by the stars in the heavens. So family culture. Every time I talk about my parents, I. I'm grateful. So grateful for their sacrifices, for their work they put in, for coming to this country, for giving me a shot. So, you know, family first, hard work. There's nothing given. You got to go earn it. Putting again. Respect for your elders, respect for your parents. Even to this day, I'm. I'm almost 50 years old, and I still. One of my drivers that drives me and pushes me is to make my mom and dad proud. I mean, just to. I want them to just be like, that's our boy. That's our son.
A
It's amazing. It's amazing even to this day. And are they with us still?
B
Yeah, they live in Utah. They divorced, both remarried, but so I have two sets of parents who are amazing and so much love and respect for my parents. I'm grateful. You know, I. As you get older, right, and you look at your parents, and a lot of people want to blame their parents. They blame their mom and dad for whatever. I'm like, you know, our parents did the best they could with what they had, because I'm a parent, and I'm doing the best that I can with what I have to help my sons be the best they can be and prepare them for life. So my family, my culture, my Polynesian roots, I'm so grateful, so, so grateful for the way that I was raised.
A
It's incredible. So all nine kids were from one mom?
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Yeah.
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And then she divorced, and then we.
B
Divorced, and then I have two more from my stepmom, a younger sister and brother, so there's like 11. And.
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And then. How about from your dad?
B
My dad.
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Did he have more kids with the.
B
Yeah, yeah. So my stepmom. My dad and my stepmom had two more, but my mom, once she had hers, she was done.
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And then she got married.
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She's like, yeah, because he already, again, blended family on my mom and stepdad's side.
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So, yeah, it's a lot of. A lot of family, a lot of.
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Kids, a lot of food. Big food. Bill.
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Yeah. What. What city did you grow up in?
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I grew up in Utah. Orem, Utah. Provo, Utah.
A
So you guys are Mormon?
B
Yeah, yeah, Mormon. I'm. I'm a little. I may not be your average Mormon, but I believe in God, believe in Christ. I love the Book of Mormon, love the scriptures. I love serving people. I love making a difference for people and really trying to live my purpose on this planet. So when I go, I leave. I empty the tank. I've lived my life as the Apostle Paul says. I fought a good fight. I fought a good fight, finished my course, kept the faith, and again, I do the best that I can every single day.
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God bless you. Thank you. Now, before football, who was Satima Gali?
B
You know, who was Satema? I grew up physically weak. I was never strong, was never like, really coordinated, athletic. I mean, I was big, but I wasn't strong. I loved the dance, Polynesian dancing. I loved singing and music. And I was just a very. And just feel like I always was blessed to have this positive mentality again. I credit God to that. And then as football came in, football was that vehicle, as you know, that allowed me to work hard, to set goals, to have ambition, to overcome adversity and to become just a stronger physically and mentally and spiritually person, more spiritual person. So, again, I love music. I do a lot of singing. We sing in church with my boys. Used to do a lot of luaus, entertaining guitar music, harmonizing and. But I think that my favorite thing to do is. I don't think my favorite thing is just really making a difference for people, like lifting someone's life, helping them smile, helping them see something they couldn't see, helping them solve a problem that's getting in the way.
A
And, you know, what did you. What did the young Satema. What did you believe was possible when you were young?
B
You know, that's a great question. Growing up, it's like I knew. Had this concept of if you work hard, you can achieve. But when I became like my freshman year of high school is when I wrote in my journal, I'm gonna get a scholarship to byu. Had this. I wrote it down and that I had this conversion to the lord at age 14. Started to pray, started to read the word of God. Church meant way more to me. And I started to strive again in order to keep the commandments and do what's right. And I started to see blessings like crazy. Just my life was better. I was happier. There was more purpose. And, you know, I started to walk, as they say, the straight and narrow path. So I love, I say this often. I am the man who loves his life and I do, absolutely do.
A
What a blessing. Now, what was the moment you realized that football was like, more. It was more than a dream, even after you were being underdrafted and injured?
B
Yeah, you know, from my sophomore to junior year in high school. So again, I wasn't very good. 7th and 8th grade was horrible. Hated practice, I didn't like it. I tried to get out of practice all the time. I was like, I don't want to do this, but I never wanted to quit. We just, we start it, we're going to finish it. But from my sophomore to junior year, I became addicted to the weight room. I started lifting. So I was a skinny 170 pound kid. Six four, 170 pounds. And I hit the weight room, didn't play basketball, and I put on 30 pounds of muscle. So in eight months, eight, nine months, I was about 205. And you know, you hit the gym and confidence increases. And when you work out, as you know. Right. We were talking about jiu jitsu earlier. When you do physical things that are hard, everything changes. And so for me, that, going into my junior year, confidence through the roof. And I was like, okay, I'm gonna get a scholarship. I was offered a scholarship from a few different universities and I went to byu and I mean, football's been such a blessing for my life.
A
Yeah, some. What are the, you know, top three things it's done for you, you think?
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Number one, it has taught me how to overcome adversity. I've had five shoulder surgeries, a fracture, multiple concussions. But in football, you get knocked down, you get back up. So number one, like, you're gonna face adversity. You've been there. A lot of everyone faces adversity. A loved one passes away, loved one gets sick. Financial turmoil, that's the first one. Second one, it's just like sheer work. Hard work, smart work, consistent work. It shows you, like, if you want something, go put in the work. And then the third thing is find your gifts. Like, I'm not an NBA basketball guy. I wanted to, I would have rather played basketball, but I got a football body and I got athletic ability. And then I put in the work, I put in the time. So again, there's people who are musicians, who are artists, who are podcasters, who are influencers to help people find your thing. And I believe there's more than one thing. So find your gifts and find your vehicles. And tools and then like, go. We only got one life, so go get it right. Go get it now.
A
You know, selling your super bowl ring must have really eclipsed like a lot of the tough moments.
B
Yeah.
A
What was going through your head that day you did that?
B
Oh, man. So we did really well in the mortgage days back then when it was, as you know, easy to print money. Stated income, stated asset, no income, no asset, refi option, arms. And in 2008, when the recession hit and that economy turned, we just got crushed. And I wasn't ready. But I was also on my way out to do what I do now. So. Can't put food on the table. We downsized from our brand new home that we've built on the hill on the benches of Provo. We're in this tiny 900 square foot townhome. We had built an 8,000 square foot home. We had the cars, we lost the cars. We lost everything. By the time I went to sell my ring, I'm yelling at my. He's like three years old. I'm yelling at the top of my lungs to not waste cereal. And he's crying. I'm like, what? What am I doing? Couldn't pay the rent. Rent was like 1200 bucks. I was like, oh my gosh. So I knew what I did, I knew what I had. And I was crying my eyes out on the way to New York City. Got on the plane, I'm balling like a baby. Get off the plane, give him the ring. He gives me cash, he inspects it. And I told him, I'm gonna come back and get this. And he's like, they never do. I'm like, what do you mean? He's like, I got hundreds of rings. Hundreds. And so I actually went back to him to go get my ring and he would. I offered him big chunk of cash. He wouldn't sell it. He says, not yet. So I text him like once a year. We stay in touch. Cuz I'll go get the ring. The moment he's ready to sell it to me, I'll get it. I'll give him the cash.
A
Well, how do you sell it? Like just the collectors.
B
Collector? Yeah, just a collector. And brother, it's one of the hardest things I've ever done. I want you to imagine you worked your whole life for something, you get to the pinnacle and then, you know, maybe five, six, eight years later, you got to give it up. I cried because, you know, 50, 60 guys a year get that.
A
What's it even like winning a Super Bowl? Like, walk me through the feeling.
B
Oh, man. So you take something, you work your whole life at all year, lifting weights, running, conditioning, eating, watching film, injuries, the surgery here, surgery there, winning, travel, and all of a sudden you get to the NFL. So it's one thing to get to the NFL, right? It's another to win in the playoffs. It's another to get to the Super Bowl. But to win it, I mean, we grown man, we walked into the. It was in New Orleans. We were playing the greatest show on turf, the Rams. A grown man crying. My heart was filled with joy. Like, imagine, like the pinnacle, the thing you. If you wanted to be the best selling author or a musician who plays around the biggest stages or whatever that thing is, everyone's got a Super Bowl. Everyone's got a Super Bowl. And this was the literal Super Bowl. And like, when we won, you know, Vinatieri kicks the field goal, we're hugging. Grown men are like, we did it. We're hugging, we're crying. One of the, One of the top experiences of my life for sure. And the reason why is because I worked for it. You know, if someone just hands you a hey, here's your super bowl ring, there's. There's no joy in that. But as you know, when you work to build something, when you work hard and you put in the time and the energy, the sacrifice, the grit, the grind, determination, it's just something so gratifying and so fulfilling of like. And I'm like, thank you, God. Thank you so much for this great opportunity that I have.
A
Incredible. Now, after that low point that you went through, what sparked the turnaround? Was it faith? Was it a conversation? Was it a moment of clarity? Was it, yeah, just the feeling of rock bottom. How did you really get out of that?
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So 2008, 2009, sold the ring. 2010, filed a bankruptcy. 2011, four years in what I call like the pit of despair, right? The jaws of hell, wide open, depressed. It's in this deep, deep chasm. And in my heart, I always knew, like, I knew Satema, this is just a setback for the comeback. This is just a moment. Like, you have to overcome this. You have to, because you know what you want to do. And my heart always desired to change lives, to transform hearts and souls, to shift paradigms for people. I always wanted that. So even in the darkest moments in from between 2008 and 2011, there was something that was like, said, tell me you're supposed to do this. I remember praying to God, I'm like, God, please, like I will do anything. Cuz everything I did in those four years, nothing worked. Nothing worked. And then I continued to pray to God. I was like, I will do anything to get out of this hole and to get back on top. And you know, if you go to the Lord in a prayer like that and you're sincere and you're like serious about it, you better be ready when he sends you the opportunity. Now honestly, I was like, just send me someone with like a, like let me win the lottery or let me just easily get back on top. Send me a suitcase of gas. I mean, my mind was playing weird games on me. And I got recruited to go knock doors as a door to door salesman. I'm in my mid to late 30s and I get recruited to go knock doors and I'm like, really? Like, this is it. This. I gotta go live in an apartment, live in hotels, six days a week, 22 to 26 weeks, a year of knocking doors. And I'll never forget, I'm in Easley, South Carolina. It's 2011. I'm out there, I can see the clouds and the winds on my face and the sun's on me. It's my first week. And I was so, so, like kind of angry. Like, this is it, hun. Like, this is, this is where I'm at. This is what I'm doing with my life. And I remember just praying, I was like, I asked for this, okay? And I'll never forget, I'm carrying like the clipboard. I got my lanyard on. I'm in this neighborhood in Eason. I'm like, okay, okay, God, I did ask for this. I'm all in. Like, boats are burned. I'm all in. I'm not going home till this. I, I'm gonna hit my goal. And I just, I put my shoulder on the wheel, I put my head down, I put my blinders on and I went all in. And I didn't stop. I was like, you know the movie with Arnold Terminator? The first one where he just doesn't stop? That was me. I kept seeing the, the faces of my family, my faces of my parents, my children, you know, that was my why. And I was like, I'm gonna be the best door knocker ever. And there were days where I was sick and they're like, oh, just take a day off. I'm like, take a day off. You don't understand. Like these young kids were like 19, 22. I'm like 36 years old. I'm like, now I got time to do that Red Bull some day, Quill puking. They're like, put me on the doors. And I'm never just knocking and hit. My goal, work like a dog. That summer, I mean, I never worked. I had worked so hard before. And as we're driving home from. So we went from South Carolina to Georgia and Augusta, and it's the middle of September, end of September. I'm driving home, and we're in Tennessee, and I'm just like, look over. And my boys are in the back. I'm like, we did it. We did it. And I think I slept for like, three weeks when I got home, just slept straight because I was filled with caffeine from the whole summer. Just potato chips, caffeine. McDonald's hit the doors, work like a dog. But I promised God I'd do whatever. He sent me to the doors. And I knocked, and I never stopped knocking.
A
Were you not gonna sell in solar.
B
Or were you selling security for Vivint? I was just. And it's crazy. I. You know, I was 2011, 2012, 2013. I still have people that will find me on social media. No kidding. They'll. They'll say, we always knew you were destined to be great. You were such a great salesman. I'm like, I love it. I remember the. I remember. I was. I was a different salesman. I. I really enjoyed the doors. I embraced it. I was proud of it.
A
That's why you crushed it. Yeah, that's why you crushed it. Now when you finally spoke your story publicly for the first time, and I've noticed this, like, about. You're super vulnerable. How did that vulnerability really change your mission?
B
You know, I grew up very. I was a lot of emotion, so I would cry if. If we lost the game. When I was in elementary, I'd cry. I'm like, what? Why am I crying? And I never understood. I hated it. I prayed to God, like, God, why'd you make me this way? I was in high school. We lost in the semifinals. Bald like a baby. I'm like, no one else. I'm like, why. Why am I so emotional? Why does my heart feel so much? And I hated it until in my late 30s when I kind of figured out, like, okay, God, you gave this to me. Cool. I'm gonna use it. I'm gonna be real with people. I'm gonna tell people the truth. I'm not gonna live this fake life, this pretend life, and if I feel it, I'm gonna share it. And sometimes I go from very loving or with my clients when I'M in coach mode. I gotta punch someone in the throat, punch them in the face. Figuratively, of course. But it's been a blessing. It really has been an incredible blessing for me.
A
You know, I'm in the mortgage space, obviously. We run a big mortgage company and, you know, it's been a tough year for a lot of guys racing in the Sevens. We're finally catching a break now after, like, the first break we got was today, ironically, you're here. We have a conference coming up and a lot of people are discouraged. I feel like, you know, what would you tell people right now that are feeling discouraged? Whether in real estate and mortgage in any financial sector, because many people are down.
B
I would say this. I'm like, remember exactly what it is that you want and why that matters. And people can remember, like, for me again, my why, like, what did I want? X amount of dollars back in my bank account from that first summer. My why. My family, my children, my parents, my duty to God, and you gotta have a bat. You gotta have those why's. You have to have the. The reason why you're going to get up and push. For some people, it's their children. I didn't want my boys to say, oh, my dad was a football player. I'm like, football, that was in the early 2000s. I want my boys to be like, my dad's my hero. I wanted that. I want my parents, my loved ones to look at me and say, man, he inspires us. And I also knew that there would be people that one day I could share this and they would be touched. So to anyone who's going through, like, feeling discouraged and feeling doubt, like, here we are, moment of truth. You're going to get up and fight and slay the dragon. Or will you cower and go live the safe route and give up and tuck your tail and throw the towel? And I just tell people it's a moment of decision. It's a critical decision and you can do it. If you look in the history of mankind, the greatest people face the greatest adversities. And it's hard. I tell people straight up, it is so hard. But you can be better than, like, you can do hard things. And, you know, this is something that's pretty popular today. It's hard to be broke. It's hard to run a business. It's hard to be overweight, out of shape, unhealthy. It's hard to work out. Choose your hard. And I just believe that. I'm like, look, at the end of the day, you are responsible. Like, you better figure out what you're really made of. You better decide. Every day you wake up, you look yourself in the mirror, do I want the path of regret or do I want to come out victorious and conquer and tell people, get knocked down, get back up. And so many people did it quit. So I tell my boys, if you were to say this to my boys, get knocked down, they say, get back up, get knocked down, get back up. If you were to say to them, you can have anything in life and they will fill in the blank if you pay the price. We have a ton of those fill in the blank phrases. So that's what I would tell to someone. Like, tough, tough times don't last, but the best people and the tough people do. So keep pushing, keep moving. Remember your why, like, get mad if you have to wake up and go fight and go slay the dragon. If you want the top prizes and you want the dragon blood all over you, you gotta slay dragons. Goddess, lay the dragon.
A
Now, what is it like that. How do you define results? Now? Now, when the stakes are personal and they're not just professional, how do I define results?
B
Whether it's professional, personal, look, it's results. I always tell people it's. There's two things, man. What is it that you want? Why does that matter? And the what you want got to be specific, measurable. It's got to belong to you. And I would tell people, look, whatever it is that you want, that you think you want, go get it. If it's more money. And I know there's always the people out there that say, oh, money can't buy you happiness. I'm like, don't listen. Like, if you feel like having more money is going to help you, which for most people it does. Let's be real, like it does. And I'm like, go get it. Go become the type of person that can produce if you feel like be more fit and stripping fat off your body is going to help you be an example to your kids, give you more energy, more confidence, go do it. And if you build up all this financial success and accolades, but you leave your family behind, that is not success. I don't know anybody who wants to be at the end of their life alone. Even if you have all the stuff in the world, no loved ones, no wife or husband, no kids, no grandkids. Like, to me, success is what you achieve and who you become together. So if you achieve something but you don't, you're a jerk. Or you're crude and you're mean. That's not success. And at the same time, if you're becoming a great person, but you can't pay your bills and provide as a man, like, hey, dude, that don't fly. That doesn't work. So success is who you like, what you achieve and who you become in the process. And it takes both. Takes both of those.
A
That's very true. Now, what is the legacy you hope people carry forward after hearing your comeback?
B
I love this question about legacy. A lot of people talk about generational wealth and leaving a trust fund. And, you know, yeah, I want to do those things. I want to leave behind resources, which I want to. But more than the trust fund or whatever money God, I want to leave inside of my boys, I want to leave it in them. Right this. I heard this. It's not mine. But legacy is not about what you leave with people. It's about what you leave in people. And I want my boys to have trust in themselves, trust in God, trust in other people. More than just the trust fund, I want them to not have the lottery mentality where it's like, oh, my dad left us all this stuff. Now I want them to learn how to set goals and achieve goals. I want them to have alignment before the achievement. I want them to be kind and to make a difference and to leave people and things better when they found them. So to me, that's the legacy. It's like, and I want to be. If I'm, you know, whenever the time comes, when I graduate to the next life and I leave this planet, I want to be surrounded by my kids and grandkids and my loved ones. And I want people to be like, my life is better because that guy took a chance. My life is better because he said something or he wrote or his book or his podcast or just being around him changed me. Legacy is in here and what it allows. It gives people permission to go do something. Not just I know something is like, they go do it, they go build, they go create, they go change, they go make a difference.
A
I love that. A couple last questions for you. This is about goals. It's a personal goal that you have for yourself, a family goal that you have for your family, and a goal that you have for Game Changer.
B
You got it. Personal goal for me. I have a bodybuilding competition coming up. My goal is to win the overall. Now, I'm a true novice. This will be the first show that I ever do, but I want to win that. I want to win.
A
You're Just a winner.
B
I want to win that I. I'm not going to compete. I want to win. So I got, literally, I got food in my car. I pulled up here about 12:45, like 15 minutes, you know, I'll be on time. And I'm scarfing down lean ground turkey and rice. It's my third meal of the day. I had to open my oatmeal, blueberries, egg whites. This morning I got my workout in. I already got cardio plan tonight, so I want to do that. A family goal, man, I want. I got teenagers right now, and it's. Anyone who's got teenagers, it's work. It's challenging because it's. It's hard. Hard because I want so much for them to, to see things and to get it and sometimes it just. I want them to work harder or to be more responsible. So one family goal is that we learn. I mean, I'm working on this to communicate more clearly, be more patient. And then one goal for game changers. I want my book called Game Changer. I want that to get into a million people's hands, like a million people to get the book. Because the book, it is a game changer. It changes lives. It. The book came from 10 years of running a program called Immersion where people would come for four days. We transform their world. Intense tears like, bury the old person, new person rise. The rising of a phoenix. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of men and women who the book is on. I want this book to be in their hands and change lives.
A
Last question for you.
B
Yes, sir.
A
When you're in front of the pearly gates, what do you think God's going to tell you?
B
Well, I hope. I hope he tells me, well done, thou good and faithful servant. You have been a great steward over a few things. Now you get to have it all. And he'll hug me, he'll say, you did it like you did what you were supposed to do. So that's what. That's my goal is when I meet God, he's like, maybe I could just. I did. I gave it everything I had. I did what was required.
A
God bless you, Satami. It's been such a pleasure, such an honor to have you on the show. If people want to connect with you, how do they find you?
B
Have, you know, go to. I have a. Obviously my website is my first and last name. S E T E M A G A L I I'm on Instagram, Facebook. Follow me and just connect with me. I love, like, I respond to people in my DMs as much as I can. I respond and leave voice messages. So connect with me on social, Pick up my book. It's free. I cover the shipping. And I love people, and people love me. And we're gonna go do this thing the right way until we die, man. Let's go.
A
God bless you, man. Thank you. It's been a pleasure to have you on the show.
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Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
Date: November 7, 2025
Host: Joseph Shalaby
Guest: Setema Gali (Super Bowl Champion, Founder & CEO of Game Changer)
This episode of "Coffeez for Closers" features a powerful conversation between Joseph Shalaby and Setema Gali—former NFL Super Bowl champion turned transformational coach. The episode traces Setema’s journey from achieving the heights of professional sports, through financial and emotional collapse, to his rebirth as a mentor and game-changer for entrepreneurs, leaders, and anyone seeking to shift their mindset. Together, they discuss resilience, purpose, vulnerability, and how to define true success and legacy, making this episode a compelling listen for entrepreneurs and professionals facing adversity.
[00:31 - 01:03]
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[10:33 - 11:56]
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[23:09 - 26:42]
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[30:27 - End]
On Resilience:
“Tough times don’t last, but the best people and the tough people do.” — Setema Gali (25:55)
On Family and Motivation:
“One of my drivers that drives me and pushes me is to make my mom and dad proud. … I want them to just be like, that’s our boy. That’s our son.” (05:42)
On Authenticity:
“I’m gonna be real with people. I’m not gonna live this fake life… if I feel it, I’m gonna share it.” (22:44)
On Leaning Into Hardship:
“It’s hard to be broke. It’s hard to run a business. … Choose your hard.” (25:38)
On Legacy:
“Legacy is not about what you leave with people. It’s about what you leave in people.” (29:07)
On Defining Success:
“Success is what you achieve and who you become together.” (28:28)
The conversation is candid, motivational, and warm. Both Joe and Setema share personal stories and use everyday language, with Setema in particular expressing intense emotion and humility. The episode delivers real talk on failure, perseverance, family, faith, and what it truly means to be a “game changer”—on the field, in business, and in life.
For connection:
Setema invites people to reach out via his website (setemagali.com), Instagram, Facebook, or pick up his book “Game Changer.”
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